Haynes is celebrating its 50th birthday in a very unique and exciting way! This restoration will take a stock Mustang from "barn find" condition to "show car ready" in time for AAPEX/SEMA in 2011. "Project 50" is a DIY car enthusiasts' dream come to reality through the work of Haynes own employees who are DIY enthusiasts. These Haynes employees are the same people who do the teardowns, research, photograph and write Haynes repair manuals. Follow along with the restoration progress through the Live Mustang Cam during business hours or through the Video logs. Join Haynes in the celebration of 50 Years of Do-It-Yourself Automotive excellence with "Project 50"!

1965 Ford Mustang convertible with a 289 V8 engine and C4 automatic transmission. The vehicle will be restored back to the original body color of Twilight Turquoise metallic and an interior style of D6 White Crinkle Vinyl with black appointments.

Haynes Project 50 Blog is an area where you can speak directly to the Haynes
team that is working on the Mustang restoration. You can ask them questions
or leave them comments about the project. The Haynes team will be announcing
news and coming events in the blog to keep you updated on the restoration
schedule. As is usually the case with a project such as this, there will be
some bumps in the road to the fully restored '65 Mustang convertible. So,
follow along with Haynes' progress and you can be part of the team!

Monday, September 19, 2011

Project 50 Fans--
We are coming up to the finish line on Haynes Project 50--the complete restoration of '65 Mustang in celebration of our 50th anniversary as a company!

Our activities on the Mustang over the final few weeks before the 2011 AAPEX/SEMA show will be centered around the following:

Final Inspection

Detailing

Thanks for your interest in Haynes Project 50 over these past months. You can still ask any question of the Haynes mechanics who did the actual restoration work via this blog. Best, the Haynes Project 50 team

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Project 50 Fans--
Haynes is celebrating its 50th birthday as a company with Project 50--a complete restoration of a classic '65 Ford Mustang convertible! We're getting pretty close to the SEMA/AAPEX show where Project 50 will be shown in its fully restored state at our Haynes booth.

Activities over the next couple of weeks will be as follows:

Installing the convertible top

Fine-tuning the engine

Restoring the jack

Restoring spare wheel/tire

Installing windshield molding

Watch the Haynes Project 50 team work live via the Haynes Live Garage Cam. Wish us luck as we bring the project to its final stages. Also, enjoy the videos we have of our project work on the haynes.com site!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Project 50 Fans--
Our activities on the Haynes Project 50 Mustang Restoration will be the following over the next two weeks:

Install the radiator

Install the exhaust system

Rebuild the shifter

Clean-up and rebuild the driveshaft

Install the headlights

Install the transmission cooler lines

We hope you will continue to follow along with our progress as we go into the final stretch towards the 2011 AAPEX/SEMA show where our completed '65 Mustang will be shown.
Sincerely, the Haynes Project 50 Team

Please see our new video of our restoration work found above. And, be sure to check out the Mustang Live Garage Cam during business hours to see us work live! Leave us a question or comment please! Best, the Project 50 Team